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A debate, whatever the format, is just not Dewhurst’s forte, as he himself pretty much admitted Tuesday night, and he went on to prove it. He looked uncomfortable, often stumbled, and at times found himself on the defensive. It was not a good night for him. …

“Our strategy from day one was simple,” Ted Cruz said. “We worked every day asking for the support of Tea Party leaders, of Republican women, of precinct chairs, of grass roots activists. And what happened in this race was incredible. It was a victory for the people.” …

This analysis was written by Aman Batheja of The Texas Tribune. A new radio ad from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst brought race and illegal immigration to the forefront of the U.S. Senate race Friday, the last day of early voting before Tuesday’s primary. In the ad, called “Amnesty,” Dewhurst’s campaign implies that former Texas Solicitor […] …

A couple of days after a well-regarded poll found him within striking distance of wrapping up the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst seemed to be tying down loose ends with Tea Party types more inclined to favor Ted Cruz. …

Though Dewhurst has been leading in pre-election polls, conservative leaders in Washington smell blood. They see Texas as the next domino in a political game that began with the toppling of Utah Sen. Bob Bennett in 2010 and picked up speed with this month’s GOP upsets. “Texas is next,” predicted Bill Kristol, editor of the influential conservative journal The Weekly Standard. …

This report was written for The Texas Tribune by our friend Jim Henson of the University of Texas. However cloudy the results, the flurry of late polling in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate provides an opportunity to look at the trajectory of the public surveys in the race. On the heels of the release […] …

A new poll released today shows the lieutenant governor enticingly close to the 50 percent total needed to avoid a runoff. The Public Policy Polling survey showed Dewhurst at 46 percent, followed by former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz at 29 percent and former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert at 15 percent. …

Ted Cruz proclaimed Monday that the battle for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate is a two-man race between him and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. “We’re headed to a runoff,” Cruz told a forum that Dewhurst skipped, devoting time instead to Dallas. …